John McKinney

Voter turnout figures released this week reveal that participation in this month's statewide Republican primaries was the party's lowest in nearly three decades.

Secretary of the State Denise Merrill said that 21 percent of registered Republicans voted on Aug. 12, when Greenwich businessman Tom Foley and former Groton Mayor Heather Somers were elected to face Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman in November's general election.

Of nearly 400,000 registered Republicans in Connecticut, fewer than 83,000 voted in the primary. The 21 percent turnout figure was a 9 percentage point drop from 2010, when 30 percent of registered GOP voters cast ballots. Foley...

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